paralytic

Other forms of paralytic

plural

paralytics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about paralytic

What does paralytic mean?

paralytic means "relating to or of the nature of paralysis". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paralytic?

paralytic has 4 syllables: par-a-lyt-ic. The stress falls on "lyt". In IPA it is /ˌpɛɹəˈlɪtɪk/.

What is another word for paralytic?

Close synonyms include paralytical, paralyzed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paralytic a common word?

paralytic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with paralytic?

6 words rhyme with paralytic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.